Alan November http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/alan-november-how-teachers-and-tech-can-let-students-take-control/
When students are given a global audience, they take more responsibility for quality. It’s no surprise to anyone that many of our students are captivated by the communication power of their cell phones and online networks such as Facebook. Many teachers have creatively tapped the allure of online social connections to support student learning. We know that responsibility, motivation, excitement and engagement can flourish in online learning communities. Instead of asking students only to pass in their work for a teacher’s review we can also challenge them to publish their work for the world to respond. It is a very exciting time.
online learning communities
Demonstrate knowledge in ways that are relevant to the real world.
Giving student's work an audience which can give instant feedback. (allowing both the learner and the instructor to understand where to shift direction to gain understanding)
“teach students how to solve any problem, a general problem solving approach. And teach them to do it in community.
The benefit of technology is that is has opened the door on the scope of global problems that students can involve themselves with, making their problem solving skills immediately relevant and encouraging self-direction.
invent and own their work and by extension the contributions they can make to the world.
One way to replicate that ownership now is to give students classroom jobs, allowing them to contribute something powerful to the classroom dynamic.
“The real revolution is information and global communication, not technology,”
Technology is merely the means to access the information and share it in community.
Getting students to care on that level and to be responsible for one another is exactly the kind of shared exploration in community that education should encourage
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/alan-november-how-teachers-and-tech-can-let-students-take-control/
When students are given a global audience, they take more responsibility for quality.
It’s no surprise to anyone that many of our students are captivated by the communication power of their cell phones and online networks such as Facebook. Many teachers have creatively tapped the allure of online social connections to support student learning. We know that responsibility, motivation, excitement and engagement can flourish in online learning communities. Instead of asking students only to pass in their work for a teacher’s review we can also challenge them to publish their work for the world to respond. It is a very exciting time.
online learning communities
Demonstrate knowledge in ways that are relevant to the real world.
Giving student's work an audience which can give instant feedback. (allowing both the learner and the instructor to understand where to shift direction to gain understanding)
“teach students how to solve any problem, a general problem solving approach. And teach them to do it in community.
The benefit of technology is that is has opened the door on the scope of global problems that students can involve themselves with, making their problem solving skills immediately relevant and encouraging self-direction.
invent and own their work and by extension the contributions they can make to the world.
One way to replicate that ownership now is to give students classroom jobs, allowing them to contribute something powerful to the classroom dynamic.
“The real revolution is information and global communication, not technology,”
Technology is merely the means to access the information and share it in community.
Getting students to care on that level and to be responsible for one another is exactly the kind of shared exploration in community that education should encourage
http://www.thefivethings.org/alan-november/
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